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With training camp set to start Thursday with office testing, followed closely by the initial on-ice session Friday, the Bruins are set to their first full season under head coach Bruce Cassidy. After dropping four one-goal games into the Ottawa Senators at the opening round of this 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs, some series which saw the Bruins have problems placing the puck at the internet, that the Black and Gold didn't do much to deal with that problem last summer. Excited about their season opener on October 5th, the Bruins apparently have only a couple forward places up for grabs from training camp. Having a couple of young talent waiting in the wings, training camp and the resultant preseason must have some intriguing position conflicts. Let us take a peek…

Somewhere to assemble on Monday mornings to examine everything Boston Bruins that occurred throughout the previous week, and also preview items for the week ahead. Anticipate these columns on the routine every Monday. Howdy people, welcome to the very first edition of this Boston Bruins per week preview/review collection. On Monday mornings, this post will replace the normal "Early Morning Ice Time" that you have all come to know and appreciate. During the season, I'll be taking a look at the games that the Bruins played in the prior week, and provide a fast preview of the upcoming matches at the upcoming week. Since the season began a couple of days past, the inspection portion will probably be shorter then normal, as Bruins just played one game up to now…

Notable acquisitions: c. Bishop ("Los Angeles"), h. Meto (Ottawa), n. Radulov ("Montreal"), n. Gansal, n. Amberger (both are Minnesota). Notable losses: n. Gemsky ("Montreal"), n. Sharpe ("Chicago"), c. Niemi ("Pittsburgh"). Of the team, which three times in the last five years did not get into the playoffs, "Dallas" quickly turned into one of the contenders for the Stanley Cup. In the current off-season, the "stars" have done more than any other team, having managed to qualitatively increase due to the active work of general manager Jim Nill. The main problem of "Dallas" for a long time was the goalkeeper, as Finnish duo Kari Lehtonen - Antti Niemi was surprisingly unstable. Both goalkeepers wore an unofficial cheerleaders nickname "number one and a half", as none of the gatekeepers on the level…